They wanted to capture a growing Jewish generational divide over Israel. The Jewish makers of “Israelism” accomplished that — and then some. Over the last seven months, the documentary critiquing the ...

From antisemitism and identity to romance and family, themes relatable to all will be represented in 11 films at the 21st ...

In the wake of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Azerbaijan’s national leader Heydar Aliyev, the founder of the independent state of Azerbaijan, the documentary “The Great Leader and the Jews” was ...

Following the new scientific study by the University of Granada revealing the final resting place of Christopher Columbus, it has been concluded that Christopher Columbus was Spanish and Jewish. The ...

The Jewish Historical Society of Long Island has released a documentary to kick off the celebration of the Jewish community’s 150th anniversary on Long Island. Brad Kolodny, president of the Jewish ...

For today’s opening of the 37th Boston Jewish Film Festival. Artistic Director Joey Katz has spent the past year viewing, booking and refining the films, docs and events that make it all work year ...

Audrey Glickman, a survivor of the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, blows the shofar outside the building in the new HBO documentary “A Tree of Life.” (HBO via JTA.org) On Feb. 21, ...

Four Jewish-themed, award-winning documentary films produced in the United States, Australia, France and Spain will be screened in person and virtually beginning Jan. 5, for four consecutive weeks.

The filmmaker had never before turned his craft to his identity as an Israeli living in New York. But Shapira immediately began gathering footage about the posters — and about those who felt compelled ...

When Mel Brooks was filming “The Producers,” he recalled an executive approaching him and saying, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” Brooks said he would fire the actor, but never ...